the finale of the jubilee X Moscow Christmas festival of sacred music will be performed as a Large mass of Mozart at the Svetlanov hall of Moscow international House of music 26 Jan. The essay will present Vladimir Spivakov, the national Philharmonic orchestra of Russia, the Academic Grand choir “masters of choral singing” and the leading soloists of musical theatres of Moscow, the Opera stars.
According to tradition, will conclude the Moscow Christmas festival of sacred music concert with the participation of Vladimir Spivakov. This year at the closing ceremony, the Maestro will present a Greater mass of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which is very rarely heard in the capital’s concert halls. In addition, the composition, first performed at the House of music as a whole.
For the final concert of the Maestro chose the Large mass of Mozart not by chance – the composer always had a special, special place in the life and work of Vladimir Spivakov. A brilliant violin virtuoso of the violin concertos Mozart wrote his own Cadenza, and leading the national Philharmonic orchestra of Russia, performed not only symphonies, but also in the cantata and oratorio works of the composer, in particular, his famous Requiem and mass. For many listeners both in Russia and abroad the name of the musician, the Gold medal winner of the UNESCO Mozart, became associated with the reference reading scores of the Austrian genius. Not coincidentally Bulat Okudzhava dedicated to Vladimir Spivakov, a famous poem “by Mozart we are leaving from Salzburg…”.
“As Stradivarius violin teaches you to improve your game, and Mozart improves the band – says the Maestro. – If you read Shakespeare at the age of 16, you comprehend it based on his youthful experience, in the 40 of the forty, and at 70 it will open you to a completely different amount… the same with Mozart. Remember the famous statement of Charles Gounod: “When I was twenty years old, I admitted only to myself. Thirty years I’ve said “Mozart and me”, forty “Mozart and me” and now I say only “Mozart””.
the masterpiece of the Austrian composer listeners will introduce the leading soloists of the Moscow musical theatres, the national Philharmonic orchestra of Russia and the Academic Grand choir “Masters of choral singing” under the baton of Vladimir Spivakov.
the Grand mass of Mozart 26 January, 19:00 Svetlanovsky hall MMDM.
